Grass Roots

Grass Roots

155 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | Feb. 24, 1992

This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Senate at the same time he is forced by a local judge to defend a young man in a murder trial. On top of this, he becomes the target of an assassin hired by a white-supremacist organization.

Grass Roots

155 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller, TV Movie | Feb. 24, 1992

Grass Roots
This sequel to the 1983 miniseries, "Chiefs," continues the saga of the Lee family with Will Lee, an ambitious Georgia lawyer running for the U.S. Senate at the same time he is forced by a local judge to defend a young man in a murder trial. On top of this, he becomes the target of an assassin hired by a white-supremacist organization.
Producers Spelling Entertainment, Team Cherokee Productions, J.B.S. Productions
Original title Grass Roots
Directors Jerry London
Writers Stuart Woods, Derek Marlowe

Cast

Corbin Bernsen

as Will Lee

Reginald VelJohnson

as Det. Mickey Henderson

John Glover

as Harold Perkerson / Jason Ross

Claude Akins

as Sheriff Cox

James Wilder

as Jerry Lomax

Herb Edelman

as Manny Pearl

Henry Jones

as Sen. Ben Carr

Cristi Conaway

as Charlene Joiner

Rod Taylor

as Gen. Willoughby

Katherine Helmond

as Emma Carr

Mel Harris

as Kate Rule

Raymond Burr

as Judge Boggs

Joanna Cassidy

as Ann Heath

Tim O'Connor

as Billy Lee

Julian Holloway

as Elton Hunter

Christopher Murray

as Jack Buchanan

Carlyle King

as Suzy

Tom Nowicki

as Tommy Newman

Michael H. Moss

as Det. Sgt. Charlie Pittman /

Larry Black

as Gov. Mack Dean

Donna Biscoe

as Lisa Conroy

David Dwyer

as Deputy Bart

C. Harrison Avery Jr.

as Roosevelt Watkins

Tracy L. Scruggs

as Sarah Clark

Fred Covington

as Police Captain

Edith Ivey

as Mrs. Billy Lee

Levi Lee

as Rev. Calhoun

Charles Lawlor

as Dr. Albright

Judson Vaughn

as Ernest Jenkins

James Mayberry

as Frank

Donzaleigh Abernathy

as Cora Mae Turner

Melanie Ramsay

as TV Commentator

Bruce Taylor

as FBI Agent

Libby Whittemore

as Marla Scott

Scott Hilley

as Auctioneer

Karen Beyer

as Amy

Haynes Brooke

as Rookie Cop

Jerry Campbell

as Bartender

Kathryn Firago

as Millie Buchanan

Porter Fowler

as Announcer

Chad Governale

as Deputy

Geoff McKnight

as Police Sergeant

Ric Reitz

as Doctor

Adrian Roberts

as Marty

L. Sidney

as Police Officer

Ron Clinton Smith

as Arresting Cop

Jimmy Summers

as Court Bailiff

Alex Van

as Bobby

Jordan Williams

as Capitol Policeman